Alpaca
Alpaca is seeking a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead the technical direction of the team building its Trading API product, which serves developers, traders, and institutions globally. This high-trust role involves owning the architecture for customer-facing trading applications, identity systems, and authorization models while ensuring security and correct real-time data delivery. The engineer will mentor team members, drive technical roadmaps, and partner with product and design to enhance the end-to-end customer experience.
Headquarters
San Mateo, California, United States
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2017
Alpaca is a developer-first brokerage platform that provides APIs and tools to build, automate, and embed investing and algorithmic trading for stocks, options, and crypto. It offers REST and streaming market data, trade execution, paper trading, and broker services (including omnibus/sub-accounting features) for managing client accounts. Developers and businesses use Alpaca’s clean APIs, SDKs, and webhooks to integrate trading into apps, run automated strategies, and manage portfolios programmatically. The platform focuses on programmability, low-latency execution, and infrastructure for both retail and institutional use.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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